1. English @ St Leonards: Language A1

2. English @ St Leonards: Language A1
IB Principles
The IB is motivated by a mission to create a better world through education.The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
To this end the IBO works with schools, governments and International organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.
These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

3. English @ St Leonards: Language A1
IB Principles
The Roles of Teacher and Student

4. English @ St Leonards: Language A1
IMPORTANT POINTS:
Higher and Standard Levels
English at IB level should be student-led, not spoon-fed!
World Literature element
Oral elements: Speak only in English!
Skills-based approach
WHY?

5. English @ St Leonards: Language A1
ASSESSMENT:
Individual Oral Presentation
Individual Oral Commentary
Comparative World Literature Coursework
Exam Paper 1: Unseen Commentary
Exam Paper 2: Drama

6. English @ St Leonards: Language A1
Individual Oral Presentation
(The IOP)
Usually an expose presentation
Titles must differ from everyone in year group
15% of overall grade
Internally assessed by teacher
Teacher’s decision is final
One-off chance

7. English @ St Leonards: Language A1
Individual Oral Presentation
TEXTS
‘Touched With Fire’ poetry
Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (DJ)
Suskind: Perfume (JJT)
Spark: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Higher level only)

8. English @ St Leonards: Language A1
Individual Oral Commentary
(The IOC)
Recorded commentary on work studied in class
15% of overall grade
Internally assessed by teacher, BUT externally moderated
Set date – one chance
20 mins preparation, 15 minutes talk time on randomly selected extract

9. English @ St Leonards: Language A1
Individual Oral Commentary
TEXTS
Shakespeare, MacBeth
Seamus Heaney’s poetry
Atwood, ‘The Penelopiad’ (HL)
Selected writings of Martin Luther King

10. English @ St Leonards: Language A1
World Literature Coursework
1500 word maximum limit
Must be comparative
On texts written in a language other than English
Student choice: individually chosen

11. English @ St Leonards: Language A1
World Literature Coursework
TEXTS
Mann, Death in Venice
Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate
Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes (independent study)

12. English @ St Leonards: Language A1
The Exam: Paper 1
An commentary on a previously unseen passage
Guiding questions
Teachers advise on how best to write a good commentary

13. English @ St Leonards: Language A1
The Exam: Paper 2
One essay on drama, chosen from generic essay titles
Can choose from Drama section in exam, or General Questions on Literature

14. English @ St Leonards: Language A1
The Exam: Paper 2
TEXTS
Shaw, Mrs Warren’s Profession
Ibsen, A Doll’s House
Williams, Streetcar Named Desire
Wilde, A Woman of No Importance (HL)

15. English @ St Leonards: Language A1
Questions

16. English @ St Leonards: Language A1
GOOD LUCK!